Some wounds go so deep that you don't even feel them until months, maybe years, later.

Goodness was not a trait you acquired; it was a value you practiced when you were on the verge of doing evil.

If I canot know your name, may I light a lamp so I can see your face?' If you sould ever see my face, you will lose me forever.' Why?' Psyche wanted to know. 'Are you ugly? Are you afraid I won't love you if I see your face?' Perhaps I am afraid that if you see my face, it will be THAT that you will love and not me.' I understand, believe me. I know what that feels like.

...part of the mind's job was to cast doubt on what the heart knew to be true, and the heart, because it had no words, often lost the argument

We remember with our emotions. The things that were important in our emotional life, that's what we remember.

A good teacher is one who helps you become who you feel yourself to be. A good teacher is also one who says something that you won't understand until 10 years later.

I'm tired of thinking and I'm really tired of Feeling. —Jenna Richards